Lead Site Reliability Engineer

EPAM Systems; New York (NY); Remote; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

LinkedIn Learning solutions

Matched 401(k)

Paid Time Off 15–25 days

Paid Holidays

Job summary

EPAM is seeking an Observability & Infrastructure Engineer to lead monitoring, telemetry, and platform-as-code initiatives across a multi-region AWS footprint. You will architect and implement robust observability pipelines, ensure deep visibility, and codify monitoring infrastructure using Terraform, AWS CDK, and TypeScript.

This role emphasizes disaster recovery readiness, log routing, and alert orchestration with Vector, OpenTelemetry, and CloudWatch, while enabling seamless Datadog to

Qualifications

• AWS CDK & TypeScript for infrastructure provisioning and automation.
• Agent & Cluster Agent deployment/management.
• Monitors, Dashboards, Synthetics, and SLOs managed via Terraform.
• Advanced constructs: Composite monitors, cardinality management, and retention controls.
• OP2 / Vector (Observability Pipelines Worker).
• Log routing, enrichment, and redaction.
• Splunk & GCP Pub/Sub sinks; OpenTelemetry standards.
• CloudWatch metrics and alarms (Edge, ALB, CloudFront, Route 53, VPC Lattice).
• Lambda runtime monitoring and performance tuning.
• PagerDuty integration and alert-to-page wiring from Datadog.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and validate monitoring and telemetry strategies for multi-region architectures.
• Manage and automate Datadog configurations and AWS infrastructure via Terraform, CDK, and TypeScript.
• Architect high-throughput telemetry ingest pipelines using Lambda, S3, Kinesis, and Firehose.
• Implement log routing, enrichment, and redaction using OP2/Vector, Splunk, and OpenTelemetry.
• Configure CloudWatch metrics/alarms and Datadog-to-PagerDuty alert routing.

Skills

Observability

Telemetry

Cloud infrastructure design

Multi-region DR

Automation scripting

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

TypeScript

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Splunk

Vector

Synthetics

CloudWatch

PagerDuty

Job description

We are seeking a specialized Observability & Infrastructure Engineer to lead the monitoring, telemetry, and platform-as-code initiatives critical to our multi-region disaster recovery roadmap. You will architect and implement robust observability pipelines, ensure deep visibility across our distributed AWS footprint, and codify our monitoring infrastructure using modern tools like Terraform, AWS CDK, and TypeScript.

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Responsibilities

• Disaster Recovery Observability: Design, deploy, and validate monitoring and telemetry strategies supporting our transition from single-region (us-east-1) to multi-region (us-east-2 pilot-light and future Active-Active) architectures
• Platform-as-Code (PaC): Manage and automate Datadog configurations (Monitors, Dashboards, Synthetics, SLOs, and composite alerts) and AWS infrastructure using Terraform, AWS CDK, and TypeScript
• Telemetry & Ingestion Pipelines: Architect and scale high-throughput telemetry ingest pipelines utilizing AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon Kinesis, and Firehose
• Observability Pipelines & Routing: Implement and maintain log routing, enrichment, and redaction workflows using OP2 / Vector (Observability Pipelines Worker) alongside Splunk, GCP Pub/Sub sinks, and OpenTelemetry (OTel)
• AWS-Native Monitoring & Incident Response: Configure comprehensive CloudWatch metrics and alarms for edge, ALB, CloudFront, Route 53, and VPC Lattice, alongside Lambda runtime monitoring and Datadog-to-PagerDuty alert routing

Requirements

• AWS CDK & TypeScript for infrastructure provisioning and automation
• Agent & Cluster Agent deployment/management
• Monitors, Dashboards, Synthetics, and SLOs managed via Terraform
• Advanced constructs: Composite monitors, cardinality management, and retention controls
• OP2 / Vector (Observability Pipelines Worker)
• Log routing, enrichment, and redaction
• Splunk & GCP Pub/Sub sinks; OpenTelemetry standards
• CloudWatch metrics and alarms (Edge, ALB, CloudFront, Route 53, VPC Lattice)
• AWS Lambda runtime monitoring & performance tuning
• PagerDuty integration and alert-to-page wiring from Datadog

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)
• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

For remote work in New York City only.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

Engineer the Future with a Career at EPAM

This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $145,000 - $160,000. In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

EPAM will not provide new H-1B visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates with existing transferable H-1B status may be considered.

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